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architecture asia
- internet portal to asian architecture and construction resources.
[01.05]
burma
alex sievers
- beautiful set of photos taken all over Burma during a monsoon
season.
myanmar
photo album - more images from around burma.
cambodia
investigations
of angkor architecture - a large japanese photo archive,
focussing on banteay chmar, prasat torp and bayon. [01.05]
china
cave
dwelling - 40 million people live in caves in Northern
China. The caves are either set into cliffs or dug into courtyards.
This link should take you to the middle of an article - where
the architecture is discussed. (China Travel Watch) [01.05]
east timor
architecture at ground zero - 2000 report on the aid work
of australian architects and urban designer in a freshly liberated
East Timor. [01.05]
india
architecture
of india - a japanese architect's photo site - some very
good ones too. Only the photo captions are in english at the
moment. [01.05]
lessons
from past disasters go unheeded - the indian earthquake
(Guardian, Jan 2001)
nek chand - the indian
public transport worker who built a secret world behind his
home in Chandigarh. When the government found his gardens,
they paid him and gave hime a workforce of 50 to continue.
Here's a photo
gallery too. [0502]
the
ship breakers - an article on the ship graveyard in Alang
on the Gulf of Cambay (Atlantic, Aug 2000)
vaastu
shashtra - the traditional indian system of architectural
design. This site offers a detailed and good description.
malaysia
Mahathir
leaves mark on skyline
Malaysia. Locals having trouble recognising their surroundings.
(BBC 30.10.03)
japan
a-works - a
small yet interesting site based in Japan - good events information.
dezain - a busy japanese news site with lots of news links and a photo gallery. [07/05]
URL
square - feel like getting lost in a sea of japanese architect
hompages? Then this is the links site for you. The links are
in english but few of the sites are.
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